Posting for my husband. We have been dealing with this stuff for almost 4 years.
My ex-wife had/has a drinking problem. We’ve been divorced for 8 years. I had only 4 overnights a month, paid $1,000 in child support and a bunch of other stuff. Whatever, it was for our daughter. 6 years ago, she got a DUI on Christmas Eve with our daughter, and I was never called. Fast forward to 2021 I receive a text from my daughter stating that her mom was passed out drunk on the couch. I immediately went and got her. A few days later, I filed an emergency modification order, since our daughter refused to go back to mom’s. It took over a year to get that all figured out. Then in 2024, not even a year later, she files for 50/50. From supervised visits to 6 overnights a month and a day during the week, to 50/50.
Our daughter is 15 almost 16. The GAL FINALLY ruled against 50/50, but now she’s asking for court-ordered holidays, vacation time, and more time in the summer.
I’m losing my mind. How can she continue to ask for more? You give an inch, she takes a mile. Our daughter is saying she doesn’t want more time with her mom. She wants it to happen naturally without the stress of court looming. I can’t blame her. She’s a very smart and articulate kid, which the GAL also stated.
I gave into the holidays (we both get the same amount of holidays a year) and a week vacation, but that is it. I really think she’s going to come back with something else because that’s not good enough.
Honestly, I’m ready to go to trial. Thoughts?